26th November - An Important day in Indian History

We celebrate 15th august & 26th January as  important days of our country . But today 26th November is another important day in Indian History. While going through the history ,today, I have outlined 4  different events of , very different nature out of which 3 events happening in the relatively same time period .

• 26/11 - The Mumbai Terror Attack 
• Dr. Harisingh Gaur Jayanti 
• Indian Constitution Day 
• National Milk Day 

26/11 - The Mumbai Terror Attack - 

one of the most drugged and fearful day in Indian History when  10 Terrorists carried out a series of  attacked 12 coordinated shooting and bombing attack  which lasted for 4 days . 104 people were killed and 308 wounded . Today through this page I pay homage not only to the people killed but also to the real heroes of the country who led their life saving the nation.

 

Dr. Harisingh Gaur Jayanti 

Born on 26th November 1870 Dr. Harisingh Gaur was a distinguished Lawyer, Jurist , educationalist , social reformer , poet and novelist. He was the first Vice Chancellor of Delhi University and Nagpur University . He was also Deputy President of the Central Legislative Assembly of British India , an Indian Delegate to the Joint Parliamentary Committee,  a Member of the Indian Central Committee associated with the  Royal Commission  on the Indian Constitution  (popularly known as the Simon Commission ), and a Fellow of the Royal Society Of Literature .

on 18th July 1946 he founded the oldest university of Madhya Pradesh named Sagar University which was later renamed Dr. Hariingh Gaur University - Sagar . 

 

 

Nested in patharia hills  in almost 850 acers of land , Sagar university is not only the most beautiful university of India but also the a university with most variety of courses with 42 departments and 6 UTD Centers.

I have spent 7 precious years of my life in Sagar University completing my University Education from there doing Graduation, Post Graduation and MBA . 

The Basics were set right at this placed and prepared me to face the challenges of the world. This university gave me the strength to stand on my feet and face the world up front . 

I made some wonderful friends for life and still want to go back to this place every now and then . 

Indian Constitution Day 

 It was on this very day the Indian Constitution was adopted by the general assembly of the parliament and was enforced on 26th January 1950 .Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedarker founded and formed the Indian Constitution and is known as Father of Indian Constitution .The constitution of Indian was adopted to constitute the country as an independent, communist, secular, autonomous and republic to secure the Indian citizens by the justice, equality, liberty and union.

 

When the constitution of India was adopted, the citizens of India were entered to a new constitutional, scientific, self-governing and modern India with the peace, poise and progress. The constitution of India is very unique all over the world and has taken around 2 years, 11 months and 17 days to pass by the Constituent Assembly.

National Milk Day 

On 13th May 1949 , A Mechanical Engineer from Michigan States University, United States , Verghese Kurien , landed up in a small town in Gujarat - Anand to serve his bond with Indian Government to join the Government Creamery, and with an intention to stay no longer than a day of the bond period . 

He was then unknown with the fact that he is going to bring a revolution in the Dairy Industry. There he got inspired by the leader Tribhuvandas Patel , who was leading a cooperative movement for milk vendors . Joining hands with him on 14th December 1949 

Dr. Kurien Founded AMUL - Anand Milk Union Limited .

Today with around 1.5 Lakh cooperative societies. AMUL has around 15 million milk producers who supply milk to them on daily basis . 

the credit goes to Dr. Kurien to not to stop at producing milk but also producing many dairy products and build a supply chain across Pan India to make AMUL a self sustainable cooperative and reap the benefits to the farmer of the lowest order as well . 

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Today we celebrate and Salute all the heroes who have contributed in building up a prosperous nat

World Toilet Day - 19th November

World Toilet Day is a day to raise awareness about all people who do not have access to a toilet – despite the human right to water and sanitation. This is the logo of the global campaign.

World Toilet Day (WTD) is a campaign to motivate and mobilize millions around the world on issues of sanitation. Originally established by the World Toilet Organization in 2001, this day to draw attention to global sanitation issues is marked each year on November 19. Since 2001, World Toilet Day has grown in scope and recognition by global partners. In 2013, the United Nations (UN) passed a resolution recognizing WTD as an official UN international day

It was estimated in 2015 that 2.4 billion (about 1 out of 3 people) lack access to improved sanitation facilities, and just under 1 billion continue to defecate openly. Sanitation is a human right, just like the human right to water. Lack of access to sanitation, impacts on health, dignity, and safety.

The spread of many diseases (e.g. soil-transmitted helminthiasis, diarrhea, schistosomiasis) and chronic malnutrition in children - which can be connected to a condition called Environmental enteropathy - is directly related to exposure to human feces.

It is estimated that 58% of all cases of diarrhea are caused from unsafe water and poor sanitation and hygiene (which includes poorhandwashing behaviors).This means that in 2013, more than 340,000 children under 5 died from water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) related diarrhea – i.e. nearly 1,000 child deaths a day. Providing sanitation alone has been estimated to lower the odds of children suffering diarrhoea by 7–17%, and under-five mortality by 5–20%.Ultimately, sanitation - the safe separation of feces from human contact and the environment, means that people are protected from these diseases. Providing access to basic toilets decreases disease twice as much as access to clean drinking water, however historically, toilet building receives a mere fraction as much funding.

Having to defecate in the open also infringes on human safety and dignity. This holds particularly true for women and girls in developing countries, who lose privacy and face shame having to defecate in public, or – after painfully holding their bladder and bowels all day – risk attack by waiting until night falls to relieve themselves.Women in developing countries are increasingly expressing feelings of fear of assault or rape when having to leave the house to use the toilet. Reports of attacks or harassment near or in toilet facilities, as well as near or in areas where women defecate openly, are not uncommon.  The consequences of such violence against women are both physical and psychological for the victim, and extend to families and communities that persist to live with gender based inequalities and lost economical potential of victims.  In South Africa researchers found that by increasing access to public toilets and by providing more of them, there was fewer incidents of sexual assault or gender-based violence carried out on women.

Since 2000, the world has been working towards improving access to safe toilets and ending open defecation through the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The sanitation target for 2015 has not been reached by 700 million people.Each year, WTD provides an opportunity to raise awareness of the importance of sanitation, and stimulate momentum towards reaching everyone, everywhere with equitable and improved sanitation.

Organization at the global level

As part of the United Nations Resolution A/67/L.75, UN-Water and the Thematic Priority Area (TPA) on Drinking Water and Basic Sanitation, was tasked in 2013 with facilitating the annual implementation of WTD in collaboration with governments and relevant stakeholders.

Each year a theme for WTD is proposed by UN-Water. The UN-Water’s TPA on Drinking Water and Basic Sanitation facilitates the mobilization of civil society, think tanks, non-governmental organizations, academics, and corporates around the annual WTD theme to strengthen the global voice on sanitation.

UN-Water encourages and supports WTD campaigner’s to take action on issues of sanitation, and uses the WTD website, social media, and other means of communication to consolidate global WTD messages, resources, and activities. Whether individuals, organizations, or governments adopt the annual theme or not, conveners of this official UN international day work to connect and share global WTD efforts.

History

In 2001, the World Toilet Organization - which was founded by Jack Sim - declared its founding day, 19 November, as World Toilet Day.Since then, 19 November has been observed globally by its member organizations. Since 2007, awareness about World Toilet Day has also been supported by the Sustainable Sanitation Alliance via its working group on "public awareness raising".

In 2013, a joint initiative between the Government of Singapore and the World Toilet Organization led to Singapore’s first UN resolution, named “Sanitation for All”. This resolution addresses the global sanitation crisis and calls for collective action through commemoration of the World Toilet Day. It was adopted by 122 countries at the 67th session of the UN General Assembly in New York. The WTD became an official UN day

Annual focus theme

Each year of the World Toilet Day has a different focus:

• The theme for 2015 is toilets and nutrition.
• The theme for WTD 2014 was equality and dignity. The campaign strived to inspire action to end open defecation, and put spotlight on existing inequalities in access to sanitation and on risks of assault and violence against women and girls where sanitation access is poor.
• The slogan in 2012 was “I give a shit, do you?”